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The doctorate worldwide
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Berkshire : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 2007
Physical Description:
iv, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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9780335220212
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Summary
Summary
Analyses the provision of doctoral education worldwide and discusses issues for educators, administrators and policy-makers when planning and delivering doctoral education programmes. Taking a country-by-country approach, this book examines doctoral study in North/South America, South Africa, Europe, Australia, India, China, Japan and Thailand.
Author Notes
Stuart Powell is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire
Howard Green is a consultant with Postgraduate Directions following retirement from his position as Pro Vice Chancellor at Staffordshire University
Table of Contents
| The contributors | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Part 1 Origins and Structure | p. 1 |
| 1 Introduction | p. 3 |
| Part 2 Europe | p. 17 |
| 2 Doctoral education in Denmark | p. 19 |
| 3 Doctoral education in Finland: between traditionalism and modernity | p. 29 |
| 4 Doctoral education in France | p. 40 |
| 5 Doctoral education in Germany: between tradition and reform | p. 52 |
| 6 Doctoral education in the Netherlands | p. 64 |
| 7 Doctoral education in Poland | p. 77 |
| 8 Doctoral education in the UK | p. 88 |
| Part 3 Australia, Canada and the USA | p. 103 |
| 9 Doctoral education in Australia | p. 105 |
| 10 Doctoral education in Canada: a valued national product facing the challenges of institutional differentiation | p. 120 |
| 11 Doctoral education in the USA | p. 133 |
| Part 4 Countries with Emerging Potential | p. 141 |
| 12 Doctoral education in Brazil | p. 143 |
| 13 Doctoral education in China | p. 155 |
| 14 Doctoral education in India | p. 168 |
| 15 Doctoral education in Japan | p. 181 |
| 16 Doctoral education in Mexico | p. 194 |
| 17 Doctoral education in South Africa: the challenge for development | p. 205 |
| 18 Doctoral education in Thailand | p. 217 |
| Part 5 Conclusions | p. 229 |
| 19 Conclusions | p. 231 |
| Index | p. 261 |
